reticence

Sinhala Dictionary definitions for reticence

reticence 🔊 /ɹɛˈtɪsʌns/

reticence : නිශ්ශබ්දතාව

reticence definition

Noun.

  1. The quality or state of being reticent, or keeping silence; the state of holding one's tonque; refraining to speak of that which is suggested; uncommunicativeness.
  2. A figure by which a person really speaks of a thing while he makes a show as if he would say nothingon the subject.